Boxing

[Bazile]

Why are head protection worn in some and not all matches ?

[sandyRoe]

They're worn in amateur bouts but not in professional fights.

I don't know why not.

 

 

[Bazile]

I meant the Olympics 

 

[Old_Geezer]

Shrug

 

Maybe only the genuine amateurs get a hat.

[THECORBYLOON]

Amateur men have had the option to wear head protection or no since 2016 but amateur woman must wear head protection.

https://www.eurosport.com/boxing/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/team-gb-boxing-headguards-rosie-eccles-delicious-orie_sto20022718/story.shtml

[Bazile]

So men's brains are less susceptible to damage from being pounded on the head , than women ?

Very odd 

[THECORBYLOON]

"Head protection is not mandatory for men after a study by the Global Sport Institute found that headgear was more likely to cause a concussion. But, with insufficient data gathered on female competitors, it was decided that head protection would remain mandatory for them."

As there aren't enough data about female boxers, the protection remains.

[andy-hughes]

In a sport where brain damage - at the time undetermined, is the object of the exercise, it would suggest that protection is redundant anyway.